象形小人嘉年华

作品简介: 1964年东京奥运,让“象形符号”首次被世界熟知,并以公共领域的视觉语言,回应了人类对国际通用语的渴望。其中的“象形小人”（Pictoman）,剔除了体态与姿势等人类特有的细节,只以最纯粹的形象传递信息。然而,过度的简化与日常的泛滥,也许正悄然削弱了人们的关注与感受。我的创作,试图为这些被抽空的形象重新注入个性与特质,让它们做出不被期待的举动,借此唤起我们对这种熟悉符号的重新凝视与好奇。愿观者能在这些符号的“人格”中,重新感受到人与符号之间潜藏的可能性。

Description: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics first brought “pictograms” to global attention, establishing them as a visual language of the public sphere that responded to humanity’s desire for an international common language. Among them, the “Pictoman” removed details specific to the human body—such as posture and gesture—conveying information through the purest of forms. Yet, through excessive simplification and daily overuse, these symbols may have quietly diminished our attention and sensitivity toward them. My work attempts to reinfuse these emptied forms with individuality and character, letting them perform unexpected actions. In doing so, I hope to prompt viewers to reexamine and rediscover a sense of curiosity toward these familiar signs. Through the “personalities” of these symbols, I wish for audiences to once again feel the latent possibilities between humans and pictograms.

作品简介: 1964年东京奥运,让“象形符号”首次被世界熟知,并以公共领域的视觉语言,回应了人类对国际通用语的渴望。其中的“象形小人”（Pictoman）,剔除了体态与姿势等人类特有的细节,只以最纯粹的形象传递信息。然而,过度的简化与日常的泛滥,也许正悄然削弱了人们的关注与感受。我的创作,试图为这些被抽空的形象重新注入个性与特质,让它们做出不被期待的举动,借此唤起我们对这种熟悉符号的重新凝视与好奇。愿观者能在这些符号的“人格”中,重新感受到人与符号之间潜藏的可能性。

Description: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics first brought “pictograms” to global attention, establishing them as a visual language of the public sphere that responded to humanity’s desire for an international common language. Among them, the “Pictoman” removed details specific to the human body—such as posture and gesture—conveying information through the purest of forms. Yet, through excessive simplification and daily overuse, these symbols may have quietly diminished our attention and sensitivity toward them. My work attempts to reinfuse these emptied forms with individuality and character, letting them perform unexpected actions. In doing so, I hope to prompt viewers to reexamine and rediscover a sense of curiosity toward these familiar signs. Through the “personalities” of these symbols, I wish for audiences to once again feel the latent possibilities between humans and pictograms.

张 隽怡